Torture, denial and reality

Information regarding the former Attorney General gonzo and his secret opinion on torture have been made public, Boston Globe reports. Nancy Pelosi stated she was never was informed of these memos and rulings
The N.Y times reports:
Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the West Virginia Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote to the acting attorney general, Peter D. Keisler, asking for copies of all opinions on interrogation since 2004.

Of course the White house is lying over this whole issue and insist everyone was briefed

Another case of fascism....

Check this one out. Op-Ed news reports

.... well-respected US peace activists, CODEPINK and Global Exchange cofounder Medea Benjamin and retired Colonel and diplomat Ann Wright, were denied entry into Canada On October third. The two women were headed to Toronto to discuss peace and security issues at the invitation of the Toronto Stop the War Coalition. At the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Bridge they were detained, questioned and denied entry.


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S-chip debate: the Cons attack the children!!!

Bush vetoed the expansion of the S-Chip program and most likely the congress will not be able to overturn the veto, Nancy Pelosi slammed the disgusting veto.

Meanwhile the rabid foaming at the mouth rabid right decided to orchestrate an attack on a 12 year old child, who appeared on the Democratic radio address, last weekend to tell the president not to veto the bill!! The rabid right immediately attacked the kid!! They are sick in the head. Governor Corzine (D-NJ) debunks the right wing myths about S-Chip

Paul Krugman nails the issue with an amazing op-ed

Iraq: death destruction and profits......

The Oxford Research Group latest study confirms the war in Iraq and the "war on terror" in general has helped fuel radical Islamic extremism across the globe.......

Political reconciliation in Iraq? Impossible says the leaders of Iraq, the ethnic animosity is beyond repair!! Washington post reports.


The $592 million dollar embassy in Iraq., still not finished and the cost of this embassy will be another $144 million more!!!!

Well written op-ed in the NY Times regarding the Iraqi war.... it all depends on how you count....

The War on Drugs= a War on the poor

I came across this outstanding article by Glenn C. Loury about the war on drugs and it's effects on the underclass in America. We are building a prison state in America, and the main victims are minorities and the poor.

read this article, these issues are vital.

Jared